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Traders tend to view the put ratio backspread as a bear strategy, because it employs puts. However, it is actually a volatility strategy.

The month is slipping away quickly, so I thought I should hurry up and post my annual holiday options poem. Here it is ...

The big question, of course, is: How can we rely on a formula with a series of variables that are provably inaccurate and based on a flawed assumptions, exponentially inaccurate variables, and outdated models about the nature of options?

Did William Shakespeare trade options? -- from ThomsettOptions.com

How do we time trades? Entry and exit may be wise based on circumstances, but timing is the key to making smart moves well-timed moves as well.

Investors need net returns that match or beat the double effect of inflation and taxes. But they don’t want to have to take on higher risks. This is a dilemma, but there are solutions.

Traders hear about all kinds of risk, but one specific type is common to traders at all levels, but rarely if ever discussed.

Every options trader needs to commit to unending education, not only because the market changes constantly, but also because we traders all change and grow as well.

It may be true that listed options are a somewhat modern oddity. But some quick research has turned up interesting commentary on options trading and, specifically, concerning risks and going short. So William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe and even Ogden Nash added their voices to the unending debate about options trading …

No matter how many years you trade options, you have to continuously re-focus yourself, remember your rules of trading, risk standards, and much more.

I have been blogging extensively about the risk-free, double-digit returns possible with the dividend collar. Most traders are curious and positive about this, but a few have claimed it will not work. Here is an example of a recent trade on which the dividend collar would have worked profitably - double-digit annualized returns and elimination of market risk.

Options traders hear a lot of wild promises about the riches you get trading options, but most of these schemes turn out to be a lot of hype and exaggeration. But here is an idea that actually does work.